absoluteness
English
Etymology
From absolute + -ness.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈab.sə.luːt.nəs/, /ab.səˈluːt.nəs/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.səˌlut.nəs/
Noun
absoluteness (usually uncountable, plural absolutenesses)
- (obsolete) The fact of being finished or perfected; completeness. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the 17th century.]
- The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.
- the absoluteness of his sovereignty, the absoluteness of his convictions
- Absolute authority, unlimited power; absolutism, despotism. [First attested in the 16th century.]
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- I know no man that could produce more parts, both naturall and artificiall, fit to preserve his masterie, and to maintaine his absolutenesse, than he doth; yet is hee cleane falne from them like a childe.
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- The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality. [First attested in the 17th century.]
- Independent autonomy. [First attested in the 17th century.]
Synonyms
- unconditionality
- unlimitedness
- certainty
Antonyms
- conditionality
- limitedness
- relativity
Translations
the fact free from any conditions or other beings
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